Description

SY 09 SW
3/43

FARRINGDON
FARRINGDON
Church Cottage

GV
II

House. Mid C17, refurbished in early C18. Plastered cob on rubble footings; stone
rubble or brick stacks topped with C20 brick; slate roof (probably thatch
originally).
2-room plan house facing north-west with central through-passage also containing the
stair. Kitchen to left (north-east) with end stack and parlour to right with
projecting end stack. 2 storeys. Secondary outshot to rear of kitchen.
Symmetrical 3-window front of probably C19 3-light flat-faced mullion casements with
glazing bars. Central doorway contains an early C18 6-panel door (the top panel now
glazed) in a contemporary bead-moulded frame. Roof is gable-ended.
Interior: both rooms have original soffit-chamfered and scroll-stopped crossbeams.
The kitchen fireplace is blocked and, according to the occupier, its oak lintel was
cut through circa 1980. The parlour was refurbished in early C18. The fireplace
has a brick segmental arch over and curving brick pentan. There is a 2-fielded panel
door from the passage to the parlour and the flat back faces of each panel have
charmingly romantic C19 paintings; an Alpine landscape above and bullrushes with
flowers below. The roof is inaccessible but the bases of the truss principals show
suggesting that the original A-frame trusses survive.

Listing NGR: SY0178491184

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26499002

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Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)